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Verrazano Flies Home Alone in Pegasus Romp

Verrazano Flies Home Alone in Pegasus Romp

In the first major stakes for 3-year-olds following the Triple Crown, favored Verrazano was an easy winner of the $148,500 Pegasus Stakes (gr. III) June 16 after his main challenger, Itsmyluckyday, was pulled up at Monmouth.

 3 days ago

Red Giant Filly Tops in OBS Under Tack Show

Two youngsters worked eighths in :9 4/5, posting the fastest at the distance at the second session of the Under Tack Show for the Ocala Breeders' Sales Company's 2013 June Sale of Two-Year-Olds and Horses of Racing Age.

 4 days ago

More Than Ready Colt Zips at OBSC Show

A colt by More Than Ready and a filly by Even the Score worked quarter miles in :21 flat to post the fastest moves at the distance during the first session of the under tack show for the upcoming OBSC June sale.

 5 days ago
Manduro Filly Tops Day One at Magic Millions

Manduro Filly Tops Day One at Magic Millions

A filly by Darley sire Manduro and from the family of undefeated European champion Frankel sold for the highest price of Aust$500,000 ($482,259) at the opening session of the Magic Millions National yearling sale June 4.

 Tuesday, June 04, 2013
Pianist Zips to Victory in Gallorette

Pianist Zips to Victory in Gallorette

Benefiting from a quick start, Pianist set a fast pace en route to a gate-to-wire victory in the Gallorette Handicap on the May 18 Preakness Stakes (gr. I) undercard at Pimlico Race Course.

 Saturday, May 18, 2013

More Than Ready Colt Tops All at Tattersalls

Colts by Central Kentucky sires More Than Ready and Arch brought the top two prices on day one of the Tattersalls Craven breeze-up sale April 17 at Park Paddocks in Newmarket, both consigned by Friarstown Bloodstock.

 Wednesday, April 17, 2013
Verrazano is More Than Ready for the KY Derby

Verrazano is More Than Ready for the KY Derby

MAHUBAH'S CORNER
Coolmore's latest purchase handled the jump up to stakes company with aplomb in the Tampa Bay Derby.

 Friday, March 22, 2013

More Than Sacred Shows Stamina in NZ Oaks

Making her first start at the top level, More Than Sacred drew away to a comfortable two-length win in the Wellfield New Zealand Oaks (NZ-I) March 16 at Trentham.

 Saturday, March 16, 2013
Verrazano Stays Unbeaten in Tampa Bay Derby

Verrazano Stays Unbeaten in Tampa Bay Derby

Verrazano lived up to his billing as a top Triple Crown contender March 9 with a solid three-length score in the $350,000 Tampa Bay Derby (gr. II) at Tampa Bay Downs.

 Saturday, March 09, 2013
Verrazano Makes Tampa Bay Derby Stakes Debut

Verrazano Makes Tampa Bay Derby Stakes Debut

Highly-regarded sophomore Verrazano makes his stakes debut against eight others March 9 in the $350,000 Tampa Bay Derby (gr. II) at Tampa Bay Downs, rolling in off an impressive 16 3/4-length allowance win at Gulfstream Park.

 Wednesday, March 06, 2013
Verrazano Rolls by Daylight at Gulfstream

Verrazano Rolls by Daylight at Gulfstream

Verrazano stamped himself as an exciting prospect for this year's Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands (gr. I) with a spectacular 16 1/4-length victory in the fifth race at Gulfstream Park on Feb. 2.

 Saturday, February 02, 2013
More Than Ready, Congrats Move to WinStar

More Than Ready, Congrats Move to WinStar

Major sires More Than Ready and Congrats head a group of five stallions that have been relocated to Kenny Troutt's WinStar Farm near Versailles, Ky.

 Wednesday, January 16, 2013

Stopshoppingmaria Returns With Gulfstream Win

Stopshoppingmaria, making just her third start since finishing second in the 2011 Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf (gr. IIT), won the allowance feature on the grass at Gulfstream Park Dec. 14.

 Friday, December 14, 2012
Magic Broomstick Flies to Bessarabian Victory

Magic Broomstick Flies to Bessarabian Victory

Magic Broomstick flew home late under jockey Emma-Jayne Wilson to take the $154,535 Bessarabian Stakes (Can-III) by 1 1/4 lengths Nov. 24 at Woodbine.

 Saturday, November 24, 2012
Freshman Sires Score

Freshman Sires Score

PORTER ON PEDIGREES, by Alan Porter
Nov. 11 saw new stakes winners from a trio of freshman sires, two of whom were represented by their first black-type winners.

 Friday, November 23, 2012
Grade III Winner Uptown Bertie Dies

Grade III Winner Uptown Bertie Dies

Iowa Oaks (gr. III) winner Uptown Bertie died Nov. 13 at Rood and Riddle Equine Hospital due to complications from colic according to co-breeder and co-owner Richard Klein.

 Tuesday, November 13, 2012

Vinery Sets 2013 Fees for Kentucky, New York

Vinery has announced their 2013 stud fees for the stallion divisions in Kentucky and New York. All fees are payable when foal stands and nurses.

 Friday, November 02, 2012
Vinery to Sell U.S. Operations

Vinery to Sell U.S. Operations

Tom Simon announced Aug. 28 he is putting his massive North American breeding and training operations on the market.

 Tuesday, August 28, 2012
Uptown Bertie Bags First Stakes in Iowa Oaks

Uptown Bertie Bags First Stakes in Iowa Oaks

Uptown Bertie made the most of her first stakes appearance by winning the $200,000 Iowa Oaks (gr. III) for 3-year-old fillies June 30 at Prairie Meadows Racetrack & Casino.

 Saturday, June 30, 2012
Memories to be Made in Just a Game?

Memories to be Made in Just a Game?

Winter Memories battles Hungry Island and Tapitsfly, in the $500,000 Longines Just a Game Stakes (gr. IT) at a mile on the Belmont Stakes (gr. I) undercard June 9.

 Thursday, June 07, 2012
More Than Ready Sires 100th Stakes Winner

More Than Ready Sires 100th Stakes Winner

More Than Ready, a premier shuttle stallion, has joined his sire in the century club. The son of Southern Halo also has sired three Breeders' Cup winners.

 Sunday, May 13, 2012
Pluck to Stand at Vinery Australia

Pluck to Stand at Vinery Australia

Vinery Australia announced May 11 that it has added the brilliant 2010 Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf (gr. IIT) winner Pluck to its stallion roster for the 2012 breeding season.

 Friday, May 11, 2012

Street Cry Colt Commands Seven-Figure Price

A Street Cry half brother to three-time Melbourne Cup (Aust-I) winner Makybe Diva topped the third and final day of session one of the William Inglis & Son Easter yearling sale in Australia.

 Thursday, April 12, 2012
Regally Ready Clears Quarantine, Tours Meydan

Regally Ready Clears Quarantine, Tours Meydan

Vinery Stables' Regally Ready took his first tour of the vast Meydan Racecourse on March 1 after clearing quarantine following his arrival in Dubai on Feb. 27 for a two-race campaign.

 Thursday, March 01, 2012

Inglis Easter Sale Has 579 Yearlings

William Inglis & Son has cataloged 579 horses for its 96th annual Easter yearling sale, which will be held April 10-12 at the company's Newmarket complex in Sydney, Australia.

 Wednesday, February 01, 2012

Fastnet Rock Colt Shines on MM Sale's 2nd Day

A colt by red-hot Coolmore Stud sire Fastnet Rock stole the show Jan. 12 during the second session of the Magic Millions Gold Coast yearling sale.

 Thursday, January 12, 2012
More Than Love Takes Miesque By a Whisker

More Than Love Takes Miesque By a Whisker

Even-money choice More Than Love, making her stakes debut, was all-out to the final lunge to nose ultra-game 29-1 pacesetter Starship Flare in the $100,000 Miesque Stakes (gr. IIIT) on the Hollywood Park turf Nov. 25.

 Friday, November 25, 2011

More Than Ready's Fee Increases to $60,000

More Than Ready, sire of Breeders' Cup Turf Sprint (gr. IIT) winner Regally Ready, will stand in 2012 for $60,000, up from $40,000 in 2010.

 Friday, November 11, 2011
Buster's Ready Brings $2.4 Million

Buster's Ready Brings $2.4 Million

Buster's Ready, a 3-year-old grade I-winning daughter of More Than Ready, fetched $2.4 million, the top price thus far at the Keeneland November breeding stock sale Nov. 7.

 Monday, November 07, 2011
Regally Ready King of  BC Turf Sprint

Regally Ready King of BC Turf Sprint

Regally Ready grabbed the lead early and flew up the inside to score in the Breeders' Cup Turf Sprint (gr. IIT) Nov. 5 at Churchill Downs.

 Saturday, November 05, 2011
Turf Sprint: Regally Ready 3-1 Favorite

Turf Sprint: Regally Ready 3-1 Favorite

Regally Ready, winner of the Nearctic Stakes (Can-IT) and the Churchill Downs Turf Sprint (gr. IIIT), is the 3-1 morning-line favorite in a full field for Breeders' Cup Turf Sprint (gr. IIT).

 Tuesday, November 01, 2011
Gr. I Star Elusive Kate Choice in Filly Turf

Gr. I Star Elusive Kate Choice in Filly Turf

The John Gosden-trained Elusive Kate, winner of the Prix Marcel Boussac (Fr-I) was made the 2-1 favorite for the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf (gr. IIT).

 Monday, October 31, 2011
Pluck Back in Action at Churchill Nov. 3

Pluck Back in Action at Churchill Nov. 3

Pluck will resume his racing career Nov. 3 in the Commonwealth Stakes (gr. III) at Churchill Downs, the site of his victory in the 2010 Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf (gr. IIT).

 Thursday, October 27, 2011
Regally Ready Rockets to Nearctic Victory

Regally Ready Rockets to Nearctic Victory

Pacesetting Regally Ready, rebounding from a disappointing effort in the Turf Monster Handicap last month, held off the fast-closing favorite Bated Breath to win an exciting renewal of Woodbine's Nearctic Stakes (gr. IT).

 Sunday, October 16, 2011
Hungry Island Stops 'Memories' in Lake Placid

Hungry Island Stops 'Memories' in Lake Placid

Fast-closing Hungry Island ran her winning streak to four races when she blew past her rivals in the final furlong to take the $150,000 Woodford Reserve Lake Placid Stakes (gr. IIT) going away by 2 1/2 lengths at Saratoga.

 Sunday, August 21, 2011
BC Juvenile Turf Champ Pluck Back in Training

BC Juvenile Turf Champ Pluck Back in Training

Team Valor International and The Vinery's Pluck, who won last year's Breeder's Cup Juvenile Turf (gr. IIT) at Churchill Downs, will be returned to training June 28.

 Monday, June 27, 2011

More Than Ready Filly Shines at MM Sale

A daughter of More Than Ready was the most expensive horse sold during the second session of the Magic Millions national yearling sale, commanding Aust$190,000 ($203,509 in U.S. funds) June 6 in Australia.

 Monday, June 06, 2011
No. 9 Rocket - By Tom LaMarra

No. 9 Rocket - By Tom LaMarra

Ready's Rocket holds the modern-day record for the most wins at Churchill Downs.

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 Wednesday, June 01, 2011
Ready's Rocket Sets Modern Churchill Record

Ready's Rocket Sets Modern Churchill Record

Tim Glyshaw and Dean Baer's Ready's Rocket set the modern record for most wins by a horse at Churchill Downs May 21 when he won his ninth race at the Kentucky track.

 Wednesday, May 25, 2011
Corkage Sells for $300,000 at F-T Midlantic

Corkage Sells for $300,000 at F-T Midlantic

Corkage, a bay daughter of More Than Ready, brought $300,000 from Mandy Pope of Whisper Hill Farm during the second session of the Fasig-Tipton Midlantic sale of 2-year-olds in training.

 Tuesday, May 24, 2011
Regally Ready Rallies for Turf Sprint Win

Regally Ready Rallies for Turf Sprint Win

Vinery Stables' Regally Ready ran down Bridgetown in the late stages to win the $111,200 Twin Spires Turf Sprint (gr. IIIT) May 7 at Churchill Downs.

 Saturday, May 07, 2011
Regally Ready Hangs On for San Simeon Win

Regally Ready Hangs On for San Simeon Win

Odds-on choice Regally Ready set a blazing pace coming down the Santa Anita hillside turf course, staving off the fast-closing Camp Victory by a nose for his first graded stakes win in the $100,000 San Simeon H. April 16.

 Saturday, April 16, 2011
Southeast Regional: Finery at Vinery

Southeast Regional: Finery at Vinery

Florida training center under Ian Brennan sends out winners in bunches

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 Tuesday, March 08, 2011
Times Sizzle in F-T Sale's Under Tack Show

Times Sizzle in F-T Sale's Under Tack Show

If the results of the under tack show Feb. 28 were any indication, the Fasig-Tipton Florida select sale of 2-year-olds in training is in the process of making a successful transition to its new home, Palm Meadows.

 Monday, February 28, 2011
Top Seasons Spice Up FTK  Winter Mixed Sale

Top Seasons Spice Up FTK Winter Mixed Sale

Seeking to add a little bit spice to their Kentucky winter mixed sale, Fasig-Tipton officials decided to devote a portion of the Feb. 7 auction in Lexington to no guarantee seasons to prominent stallions.

 Tuesday, January 25, 2011
Vinery Australia Buys Interest in Pluck

Vinery Australia Buys Interest in Pluck

A partnership headed by Tom Simon's Vinery Australia has purchased a 45% interest in this year's Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf (gr. IIT) winner Pluck.

 Tuesday, December 14, 2010

More Than Ready Yearling Tops Arqana Sale

A More Than Ready colt brought 58,000 euros ($77,319 in U.S. funds) to top Arqana's December yearling sale, which suffered a downturn of 19.6% in gross revenue from a year ago.

 Wednesday, December 08, 2010

More Than Ready's Fee Upped to $40,000

More Than Ready, sire of both winners of this year's two Breeders' Cup races for 2-year-olds on the turf, will stand in 2011 for $40,000, up from $30,000 in 2010.

 Tuesday, November 23, 2010
Get Rich Quick, Weanling Shine at Keeneland

Get Rich Quick, Weanling Shine at Keeneland

Get Rich Quick, a stakes-winning son of Seeking the Gold sold as a stallion prospect, and a weanling colt by Ready's Image each brought $37,000 to top the 12th session of Keeneland's November breeding stock sale.

 Friday, November 19, 2010
Pluck Roars to BC Juvenile Turf Score

Pluck Roars to BC Juvenile Turf Score

Team Valor International's Pluck came from last at top of the lane and used a devastating turn of foot to pick off all 11 of his rivals in winning the $1 million Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf (gr. IIT) Nov. 6 at Churchill.

 Saturday, November 06, 2010
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